Elizabeth Swingle

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Swingle was born on 22 January 1786, in Germantown, Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States, her father, John Shaffer Swingle Sr, was 23 and her mother, Catherine Moore, was 16. She married Johnathan Loveland Nicholson on 4 July 1804, in Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 14 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 11 August 1845, in Hornellsville, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Hornell, Steuben, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johnathan Loveland Nicholson
1784–1869
Elizabeth Swingle
1786–1845
Marriage: 4 July 1804
John Nicholson
1805–1873
Catherine Victoria Nicholson
1806–1882
Edmund Nicholson
1808–1868
Henry R Nicholson
1810–1875
Harmon Nicholson
1811–1890
Francis Nicholson
1813–1900
Zenas Nicholson
1814–1899
Jonathan Fletcher Nicholson
1816–1854
Wesley Nicholson
1817–1900
David Nicholson
1819–1906
Ambrose Nicholson
1821–1888
Elmira Mynis Nicholson
1823–
Mordecai Nicholson
1825–1854
Perry Nathan Nicholson
1827–1907
Egbert Nicholson
1829–1896
Charles Nicholson
1830–1893

Sources (3)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth "Betsey" Swingle - Church record: birth: 22 January 1786; Montgomery, Orange, New York, United States
  • Elizabeth Swingle Nicholson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth "Betsey" Swingle Nicholson (1786 - 1845) - Find A Grave Memorial

World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1796

Historical Boundaries 1796: Steuben, New York, United States

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: probably a variant of Swinger with r/l substitution.

Possibly an Americanized form of German Zwingel, a topographic name from Middle High German zwingel ‘citadel’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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